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NY Times, Thu, May 29, 2008

Author: John Farmer / Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Z }
Open squares: 80, Cheater squares: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Freshness Factor™: 61.3 (63.9 Thu. %-ile), NYT Across Lite file
This is puzzle 13 of 19 for Mr. Farmer — solos: 19, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 1

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JimH notes: The way to read the rebus squares depends on your perspective. If you're looking at Across clues, read them as ACROSS and for the down clues, read them as DOWN. The answers shown here are correct only for the Across clues.
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© 2008, The New York Times
Across Down
1. First clue : ONEACROSS
5. Outdoor wingding : BARBQ
10. Secretary of state after Muskie : HAIG
14. Innocent : LAMB
15. MDX maker : ACURA
16. View from the Ponte Vecchio : ARNO
17. Iroquoian language : ERIE
18. Spans, as a river : STRETCHESACROSS
20. Spots for Velcro : STRAPS
22. See 27-Across : TAI
23. Oktoberfest exclamation : ACH
24. "You're the One ___ Want" ("Grease" song) : THATI
25. Ancient square : AGORA
27. With 22-Across, order at a tiki bar : MAI
28. Not active: Abbr. : RET
29. "Coming to America" co-star : ARSENIOHALL
32. Let go : AXE
33. ___ Scamander, pseudonym of J. K. Rowling : NEWT
34. Auto on the autobahn : OPEL
35. Relocate from one side to the other : MOVEACROSSTOWN
39. Title girl in a 2002 Disney film : LILO
42. Go slowly (along) : POKE
43. Chip in a Dell, briefly : CPU
46. Versatile performers : ONEMANBANDS
50. Abstract art pioneer Jean : ARP
51. Some modern donations : OVA
52. Quarterback Rodney : PEETE
53. Bike shop stock : TIRES
55. Word with press or mess : KIT
56. Business no., maybe : EXT
57. St. Clare's birthplace : ASSISI
58. Facing one's house from a short distance away, say : ACROSSTHESTREET
62. In dreamland, perhaps : ABED
63. City on the Oka : OREL
64. Non ___ (not so much, in music) : TANTO
65. Blue-ribbon : AONE
66. Par for the course : NORM
67. Kvetcher's cry : OYVEY
68. Transect : CUTACROSS
 1. Faux fat : OLESTRA
2. Church vestibule : NARTHEX
3. Arab territory : EMIRATE
4. Jazz/blues monthly : ACROSSBEAT
5. Grouper, e.g. : BASS
6. Do something dramatic : ACT
7. Sci-fi debut of 1921 : RUR
8. Celt of NW France : BRETON
9. Doha dweller : QATARI
10. "Fat chance!" : HAH
11. Handy guide for a walking tour : AREAMAP
12. Relative to dimensions : INSCALE
13. Hit the skids : GOACROSSHILL
19. "I'm outta here!" : CIAO
21. A Baldwin : PIANO
25. "For ___ all know ..." : ASWE
26. Master : GETACROSSPAT
30. Excite, with "up" : REV
31. Sweetums : HON
35. MTV's "Date My ___" : MOM
36. Blush adds it : TONE
37. Sanctioned : OKD
38. Novelists Nathanael and Rebecca : WESTS
39. Scorn : LOOKACROSSON
40. Like some fertility lab techniques : INVITRO
41. Hide in a closet? : LEATHER
43. Game in the Arctic : CARIBOU
44. On hand : PRESENT
45. Inverted : UPSIDEACROSS
47. "Tarzan of the ___" : APES
48. Adjoining : NEXTTO
49. Stab in the back : BETRAY
54. Hall-of-Fame Nascar racer Bobby : ISAAC
57. "This is not ___" (warning label) : ATOY
59. Hardwood source : ELM
60. Stationer's item: Abbr. : ENV
61. Printemps follower : ETE
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